Invention Application
- Patent Title: ULTRASONIC SENSOR
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Application No.: US17650206Application Date: 2022-02-07
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Publication No.: US20220155429A1Publication Date: 2022-05-19
- Inventor: Kensuke KOBAYASHI , Masayoshi SATAKE , Dai KONDO
- Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kariya-city
- Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kariya-city
- Priority: JP2019-147839 20190809
- Main IPC: G01S7/52
- IPC: G01S7/52 ; G01S7/521 ; H04R17/02 ; G01S15/931

Abstract:
An ultrasonic sensor includes an adhesion sensor including a variable capacitance and a fixed capacitance. The variable capacitance includes a sensor electrode provided on a first surface of a bottom having a microphone installed thereon and a capacitance value thereof changes in accordance with adhesion of foreign matter on the first surface. The fixed capacitance includes a first electrode connected to the sensor electrode, and a second electrode provided on a member different from a microphone housing and disposed facing the first electrode. The adhesion sensor further includes an adhesion detecting section that is connected to the sensor electrode via the fixed capacitance and detects adhesion of foreign matter to the first surface by supplying an alternating-current signal to the fixed capacitance and the variable capacitance.
Public/Granted literature
- US12038541B2 Ultrasonic sensor Public/Granted day:2024-07-16
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